Creative, sustainable, practical - Eniwa implements design network

Sustainable infrastructure planning
The building cabling at the previous company location was realised classically in copper using floor distribution units. Up to 100 employees per floor shared the existing 10G connections, which was a frequent cause of bottlenecks. The complete copper cabling also had to be completely renewed twice over the years in order to meet current standards. The high heat dissipation in the building was another unpleasant factor. With this experience in the bag, they were on the look-out for a future-oriented and sustainable solution for the new building. As Eniwa's project partner, enforce AG developed the infrastructure concept and recommended Fiber To The Office. The glass fiber extends to the workstations and only the end devices are connected via standard copper cables. Besides the office workstations, all the building management technology components and the WLAN access points were to be connected to the central network via switches according to this concept. As part of an on-site test of several manufacturers, the compact micro switches won over in terms of hardware, service and network management.

All good things come from above
MICROSENS Micro Switches are traditionally installed in cable ducts. Not so with Eniwa. Rolf Büeler, Head of IT Technology, Operations and Service, wanted absolute flexibility in the offices without any disturbing cables on the floor: "We had furniture cabinets made for this purpose, which we used to bring the cables from the ceiling to the workplace. But now we also needed our own housing for mounting the micro switches. Without further ado, MICROSENS modified an existing surface-mounted housing variant according to our requirements. Great service!". The robust housing contains a strip with the switch, a power supply unit with a C13 power connector on the outside and an external port for the fiber optic connection. It is mounted directly in the cabinet.